The Board

Name : Mr. Alexander Winston Lynford
Title : Chairman of the Board/ Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on : 26 November 2017
Qualification : BA (Hons) Spanish and Philosophy, University of Leeds
Professional Journey : Overseas roles in South America, principally for the petrochemical industry and in Lithuania for the George Soros Foundation. Fifteen years in commercial and corporate banking in London. Established a consultancy and finance brokerage in London, which he has run since 2013.

Name : Mr. Richard William Tebbutt Coe
Title : Vice Chairman/ Non-Executive Director
Appointed on : 26 November 2017
Qualification : MSc. (Oxford & HEC) Coaching and Consulting for Change
Professional Journey : Retail career as Marketing and then Managing Director with Courts PLC which traded in 22 counties worldwide, serving in Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, UK and Indonesia. After retiring from Courts had Consultancy in Appreciative Inquiry, The Management of Change and Mediation for Commercial Disputes.

Name : Mr. Andrew Cohen (M.A., F.C.A)
Title : Executive Director / CEO
Appointed on : 8 May 2017
Qualification : Qualified Chartered Accountant (England & Wales), Cambridge University graduate (Law)
Professional Journey : Mr Cohen is a qualified Chartered Accountant (England & Wales) and a Law Graduate from the University of Cambridge. He started his career with Deloitte in London. Subsequently, he joined Courts’ International Retail Group, where he served as a Director. He joined Mammouth Trading Co Ltd in March 2016 and was appointed as Chief Operations Officer in 2017 where he was responsible for furniture buying, Human Resources, store refurbishments, E-commerce, and other Innovation projects. Currently, Andrew is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Name : Mr. Gavin Mark Kaye
Title : Executive Director / CFO
Appointed on : 28 April 2021
Qualification : N/A
Professional Journey : Gavin is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a BSc degree in Mathematics from the UK. He has more than 30 years of working experience in the accounting/finance field and has occupied positions as Chief Executive and Group Finance Director in both publicly listed and private companies in the UK, as well as running his own corporate finance business in London, before moving to Mauritius in 2016. After a period of consulting for the company, Gavin has joined Mammouth Trading Co Ltd as Chief Financial Officer.

Name : Mrs.Louise Cohen
Title : Non-Executive Director
Appointed on : 28 April 2021
Qualification : N/A
Purpose of Board position : Following the passing away of her late husband, Bruce Cohen, on 08 April 2021, Louise was appointed to the Board on 28 April 2021 to represent Mr Cohen’s shareholding which is currently under probate being left to Louise under his Last Will & Testament. Louise is also the Executor of the estate.

Name : Mrs.Kalindee Ramdhonee
Title : Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on : 23 August 2019
Qualification :
Professional Journey : : Highly accomplished Finance Professional, Mrs Ramdhonee has over 20 years of experience in finance and operations management within world class local and international business environments in sectors such as Technologies, Telecommunications, Mining, Construction, Financial and Property Development. She has proven competences in accounting and finance extending to IT, HR, business development and general management functions.
She has occupied senior management positions for decades and largely contributed in establishing and grooming business excellence in local groups such as Harel Mallac, Currimjee Jeewanjee as well as international groups namely African Alliance, Canal + and BIA Group in Belgium and across Africa. Mrs Ramdhonee is currently the Managing Director of Karics Partners Ltd engaged in financial services and BPO sectors.

Name : Miss Karishma Choytun
Title : Company Secretary
Appointed on : 23 September 2019
Qualifications : LLB (Hons), LLM (International Business Law), Called to the Bar of England and Wales(Middle Temple), Called to the Mauritian Bar.
Professional journey : A highly motivated and efficient barrister-at-law. A critical thinker with public speaking, communication, leadership, legal as well as analytical skills. Current holder of a Master of Law degree in International Business Law and called to the Bar of England and Wales on the 8th March 2018 at the Honourable Society of Middle Temple. She has been called to the Mauritian Bar in 2019.